Saturday, January 17, 2009
Culture
The Physics Of The Mushroom Kingdom Are Worthy Of Research
3:30PM Luke Plunkett | Glenn Elert is a physics teacher from Brooklyn. He and his students did a little research recently, and published a serious paper reporting their findings. How serious? Mushroom Kingdom serious. More »
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Child’s Play Done For The Year, Final Amount Tallied
2:30PM Luke Plunkett | Another year passes, another Child’s Play charity drive winds up. Each year it seems to be getting bigger, grander, more charitable, so let’s take a look and see how much you lot managed to raise. More »
Homebrew Wii HDD Workaround Succeeds Where Nintendo Does Not
1:30PM Luke Plunkett | No HDD on the Wii eh, Nintendo? Big mistake. Makes Wii owners sad. Never mind, while Nintendo may be lacking the will to make a storage device for the Wii, others are more adventurous. More »
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UK Female Devs Make More Money Than UK Male Devs
1:00PM Brian Ashcraft | According to game site MCV, women in the UK game industry make more than their male counterparts. But how much more is the question. More »
NPD Say PC Sales Are Down, Down, Down
12:30PM Luke Plunkett | 2008’s NPD numbers are now out there for analysis. So let the analysis commence! Up for discussion tonight are PC sales numbers, and how the NPD Group tell us they’re down 14% from 2007. More » Advertisement
The Phone Game Gives Viewers A Chance To Win (not as) Big
We’ve been harping on about this new show called The Phone for a few days now and so far have had absolutely eff-all luck in “randomly” getting on the show. Apparently, you have to actually find the ringing phone… But now, according to the reps behind the cat-and-mouse-dash-for-the-cash program, there’s an alternative for we ring-less souls. It’s called The Phone Game and involves lots of clues, a 10 digit code, 8 Blackberry Storms and a $5,000 major prize. Read on for the spiel from FOX8 and head to The Phone Game website to pre-register for your chance to win. And hey, the prize may not be for 25k, but it’s not a bad alternative, right? More »
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Rockstar: No Grand Theft Auto ‘V’ In 2009
11:40AM Michael McWhertor | The most recent issue of Game Informer contains “loose talk” that Rockstar Games is readying a new Grand Theft Auto, a fully-fledged follow up to GTA IV for the holidays. Not so, say Rockstar reps. More »
A Whirled All Its Own
11:20AM AJ Glasser | My impressions of Puzzle Pirates developer Three Rings’ new project were coloured by the minor car accident I got into on my way to check it out. More »
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Now Everyone Can Shoot Nazi Zombies In Call Of Duty
11:00AM Luke Plunkett | Didn’t much care for World at War. Seemed a bit…trashy. But the bit at the end, where you can kill Nazi zombies? Loved that bit. And as of today, everyone can love it. More »
